Hygrocybe vitellina    (Fr.) P. Karst. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Hygrophoraceae [sub-genus:Pseudohygrocybe section:Pseudohygrocybe sub-section:Subvitellinae]  

synonyms: Hygrophorus vitellinus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus, Hygrocybe vittellina)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Hygrocybe vitellina toxicity of Hygrocybe vitellina genus Hygrocybe  

The cap is bright yellow.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from September to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1.5 cm (between 1 and 2 cm)
  height of stem approximately 2.5 cm (between 1 and 3.5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 2 mm (between 1 and 3 mm)


Hygrocybe vitellina is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .



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